publications / research results

How to represent human labor and its competencies in the form of an organizational size system?

Following on from the considerations we presented a week ago in an interview with Prof. Richard Griffith on the pace at which human labor is being replaced by artificial intelligence, one can ask: how to theoretically represent cognitive processes in the human mind especially in the area of management and teamwork? The answer to this question is the research carried out for more than a dozen years by Olaf Flak, PhD. In numerous publications he has presented his research results concerning first the theoretical concepts of the representation of the work of the manager and the team, and then empirical

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interviews

How soon will artificial intelligence replace human labor and what will happen then? Interview with Prof. Richard Griffith of the Institute for Cross Cultural Management of Florida Institute of Technology

For the past several months or so, as a result of the appearance of GPT language models in public access, we have seen a great acceleration in the replacement of human labor by artificial intelligence. Whether this is actually artificial intelligence or just clever word generators is, of course, debatable. However, the progress with which ChatGPT is answering more and more complicated questions and solving more and more difficult problems gives food for thought. See more http://artificialmanagers.com/ That’s why we interviewed Prof. Richard Griffith of the Institute for Cross Cultural Management of Florida Institute of Technology about what the limitations

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about competences

What might be the competencies of the future that we should learn as soon as possible?

Recently, there have been many reports on the competencies of the future. Most of them are inspired by artificial intelligence and the increasingly intelligent machines around us. However, if you don’t take momentary trends into account, you can list 10 areas in which we should improve. The areas come from the Future Work Skills 2020 study by the Institute for the Future. They are: See the entire report here:https://www.iftf.org/projects/future-work-skills-2020/

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interviews

What is the prospect of artificial intelligence replacing human competence? Interview with Prof. Sharon Glazer of the University of Baltimore and the University of Maryland

The next interview in our series is with Prof. Sharon Glazer of the University of Baltimore and the University of Maryland on the topic of to what extent and when artificial intelligence will make humans redundant in companies. Prof. Sharon Glazer has made significant contributions to the field of applied psychology, particularly with regard to occupational health and stress. Her research spans the globe, focusing on various occupations and applied psychology issues, such as Brazil, Peru, India, Spain, Italy, Hungary, Israel and Japan. She has contributed to dialogue and knowledge of other cultures. Prof. Glazer is currently working on the

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about competences

What competency questions does the McKinsey 7S Framework include?

The McKinsey 7S Framework methodology is a widely used method for analyzing teamwork at the level of an entire organization or department. As organizations flatten out and increase decision-making closer to the rank-and-file employees, it can also be a valuable tool for team leaders to consider how they influence strategy execution on a daily basis. It can also be a helpful tool for keeping competing priorities in perspective to align with the organization’s strategic goals. The McKinsey 7S is a set of seven elements that must be aligned for an organization or team to succeed. Below are the main questions

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interviews

How do managerial competencies affect the success of a scientific team? Interview with Prof. Richard Griffith of the Institute for Cross Cultural Management of Florida Institute of Technology

Another interview we conducted on the importance of competencies in the management of scientific institutions was with Prof. Richard Griffith of the Institute for Cross Cultural Management of Florida Institute of Technology. His extensive experience and high managerial competence gave us a lot of inspiration while recording the interview, but now we also like to go back to it and recall what we heard. Prof. Richard Griffith’s academic work includes research on leadership and cross-cultural work. His achievements include publications on cross-cultural management issues, cross-cultural teams, and organizational psychology. Professor Griffith’s achievements include books, articles and chapters on leadership, cross-cultural

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about competences

What competencies will really be needed in 2024?

The advent of GPT technology and open access to this technology in the form of GPT Chat has led to a heated discussion about what competencies will be needed in the future. Today we present an interesting TEDx talk on how a radical breakthrough like artificial intelligence will change our perception of competencies and the demand for particular competencies. The skills of the future will stimulate a growth mindset, allow us to overcome learned helplessness and help us close the skills gap, developing all of our human potential. TEDx speaker Arndt Pechstein presents a holistic and comprehensive tool for identifying,

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interviews

What are the competencies that determine the success of a scientist? Interview with Prof. Corinna Peifer University of Lübeck

In this episode of interviews on competence management in universities, we host Prof. Corinna Peifer from the Department of Psychology at the University of Lübeck. Prof. Corinna Peifer is not only a specialist in the field of research team management, but also the leader of the German part of our project “Flow and effectiveness of the virtual team”, funded by the Polish NCN and the German DFG. See more here: https://projekty.ncn.gov.pl/index.php?projekt_id=498926 If you watch the interview with Prof. Corinna Peifer, you will find out: The interview with Prof. Corinna Peifer is conducted by: The interview is available on YT: About

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interviews

How do universities around the world support the scientific activity of their employees in order to make the most of their competencies? Interview with Prof. Matias Pulópulos Tripiana of Ghent University (Bielgium)

Today we present another of the interviews we have recorded in the C4RE series on managing the competencies of academics and competence management at the university. This time we speak with Prof. Matias Pulópulos Tripiana of the Department of Experimental Clinical and Health Psychology at Ghent University. He is a researcher working in the area of Affective and Cognitive Neuroscience. His research aims to understand the effects of stress on health and cognition and the neurocognitive mechanisms of stress regulation and stress-related disorders in young and elderly people. He has led several national and international grants and projects. He has

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publications / research results

Our publication from the international conference “6th International Conference on Knowledge Management Systems ICKMS2023”

As part of the conference, which we wrote about in our previous post, we published an article titled “Teamwork Effectiveness of Virtual Teams Supported by the Knowledge Management System.” The publication was funded by our project “Flow and Effectiveness of Virtual Teams”, funded by the Polish NCN and the German DFG. See more here: https://projekty.ncn.gov.pl/index.php?projekt_id=498926 What did we write about in the article? Based on the theoretical foundations of team effectiveness, we formulated four research questions, which we tried to answer during the empirical research. They are as follows: The purpose of this article was to provide answers to these

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